Centenary history of family of Вассму is opened out in the new novel of the known Norwegian authoress. Three women, representative of three generations of domestic clan, is a beautiful woman Sara Сусанне, her daughter Элида and grandchild Йордис, it is fated to become that by a mother Хербьерг Вассму, - each in its own way overcomes the burdens of life in the north country shaken by the historical storms of XIX - XX of centuries.